 Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off Curfeu sound Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through...  Palgrave's Golden Treasury - Page 112by Francis Turner Palgrave - 1907 - 366 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1808 - 330 pages
...ground I hear the far-off curfew sound. Over some wide watered shore Swinging slow with solemn roar t Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed...bellman's drowsy charm* To bless the doors from nightly barm; Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Exploring Plato, to unfold... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the roonj, Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort...lamp at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tow'r, Where I may oft out watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plate*,... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore Swinging slow...lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tow'r, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds, or what vast... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...fleecy cloud, Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-«ff curfen sound ; Over some wide water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or if the air...hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the door from nightly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu sound, Over some wide-water 5 d shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the...embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a glottin ; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English literature - 1811 - 400 pages
...ground, , I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide watered shore, Swinging slow with solemn roar : Or, if the air will not permit, Some still...resort of mirth, ; . Save the cricket on the hearth, I LECT. XL. DESCRIPTIVE POETRY. 155 Or 'the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nigthly... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...person of Talgol (fig. 17). 'Whereglowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, 80 Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on...from nightly harm ; Or let my lamp at midnight hour, 85 Be seen in some high lonely tow'r, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes,... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...person of Talgol (fig. 17). Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, 80 Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on...from nightly harm ; Or let my lamp at midnight hour, 85 Be seen in some Tiigh lonely tow'r, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes,... | |
 | 1814 - 580 pages
...that enchanting little picture, which beats all the cabinet portraits that have been produced ; — Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed...drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm. -But to attend to our fireside. The evening is beginning to gather in. The window, which presents a... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfcu sound Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow wilh sullen roar; Or, if the air will not permit, Some...lamp at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tow'r, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato,... | |
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